Greg Gagne Stats

Greg Gagne was born on Sunday, November 12, 1961, in Fall River, Massachusetts. Gagne was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 5, 1983, with the Minnesota Twins. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Greg Gagne baseball stats page.

"As Gagne took his position for the top of the first inning, he thought about how much the Twins ' lineup had changed in recent years. Sure, such Minnesota favorites as Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett were still among the regulars, but besides those two stars, only Gagne, Randy Bush , Al Newman , Dan Gladden , and Gene Larkin remained from the last World Series team, and Larkin had somehow stayed on the postseason roster despite a bad knee, leaving him barely able to run. Here in the infield of the hard-bounce Astroturf, with only dirt cutouts around the bases, Gagne was flanked by a pair of relative newcomers on this night. Scott Leius had taken the place of Twins favorite Gary Gaetti at third base. Gaetti , a.k.a. The Rat , now played in California. To Gagne's left stood another rookie, Chuck Knoblauch . Even though the sparkplug of a kid had led first-year American League players in hits, doubles, and RBIs, the hands-down favorite to win rookie-of-the-year honors, no one knew how he would react when things became fickle and unpredictable, as they surely would with so much at stake. After all, this was the World Series, with everybody watching, and like any good story, nobody dared predict the ending or who would be the hero or the goat. One last time Gagne glanced at the fresh faces to either side of him, everyone now ready for the first pitch, and he could only smile at how baseball worked - so cutthroat one minute, in need of team unity the next." - Author Tim Wendel in Down to the Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time (Da Capo Press, March 31, 2015)

Birth Name:

Gregory Carpenter Gagne

Nickname:

Greg

Born On:

11-12-1961 (Scorpio)

Born In:

Fall River, Massachusetts

Died On:

Still Living ( 500 Oldest Living )

Died In:

Still Living

Cemetery:

n/a

High School:

Somerset High School (Somerset, MA)

College:

None Attended

Bats:

Right

Throws:

Right

Height:

5-11

Weight:

172

First Game:

06-05-1983 (Age 21)

Last Game:

09-27-1997

Draft:

1979 : 5th Round (129th)

Did Not Pitch

Greg Gagne Greg Gagne Hitting Stats
Yr	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1983	22	Twins	10	27	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	.111	.103	.148
1984	23	Twins	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	24	Twins	114	293	37	66	15	3	2	0	23	20	0	57	3	3	3	5	.225	.279	.317
1986	25	Twins	156	472	63	118	22	6	12	0	54	30	0	108	13	3	6	4	.250	.301	.398
1987	26	Twins	137	437	68	116	28	7	10	0	40	25	0	84	10	2	4	3	.265	.310	.430
1988	27	Twins	149	461	70	109	20	6	14	1	48	27	2	110	11	1	7	13	.236	.288	.397
1989	28	Twins	149	460	69	125	29	7	9	0	48	17	0	80	7	5	2	10	.272	.298	.424
1990	29	Twins	138	388	38	91	22	3	7	0	38	24	0	76	8	2	1	5	.235	.280	.361
1991	30	Twins	139	408	52	108	23	3	8	0	42	26	0	72	5	5	3	15	.265	.310	.395
1992	31	Twins	146	439	53	108	23	0	7	0	39	19	0	83	12	1	2	11	.246	.280	.346
1993	32	Royals	159	540	66	151	32	3	10	1	57	33	1	93	4	4	0	7	.280	.319	.406
1994	33	Royals	107	375	39	97	23	3	7	0	51	27	0	79	2	1	4	8	.259	.314	.392
1995	34	Royals	120	430	58	110	25	4	6	0	49	38	2	60	7	5	2	11	.256	.316	.374
1996	35	Dodgers	128	428	48	109	13	2	10	0	55	50	11	93	4	3	2	6	.255	.333	.364
1997	36	Dodgers	144	514	49	129	20	3	9	0	57	31	4	120	3	1	4	13	.251	.298	.354
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
15 Years			1,798	5,673	712	1,440	296	50	111	2	604	367	20	1,121	89	38	40	111	.254	.302	.382

Greg Gagne Greg Gagne Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1983 Twins	SS	10	10	246	26	2.6	24	10	14	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	2.63
1985 Twins	SS	106	92	2,355	432	4.1	418	149	269	14	48	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	4.79
1986 Twins	2B	4	0	27	4	1.0	4	0	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.00
1986 Twins	SS	155	152	3,861	631	4.1	605	228	377	26	96	n/a	n/a	n/a	.959	4.23
1987 Twins	2B	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1987 Twins	CF	3	0	12	2	0.7	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1987 Twins	RF	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1987 Twins	SS	136	124	3,237	603	4.4	585	194	391	18	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	4.88
1988 Twins	2B	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1988 Twins	CF	2	0	12	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1988 Twins	SS	146	134	3,534	591	4.0	573	200	373	18	79	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	4.38
1989 Twins	CF	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1989 Twins	SS	146	130	3,429	625	4.3	607	218	389	18	66	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	4.78
1990 Twins	CF	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1990 Twins	SS	135	121	3,222	575	4.3	561	184	377	14	62	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	4.70
1991 Twins	SS	137	127	3,201	567	4.1	558	181	377	9	69	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	4.71
1992 Twins	SS	141	131	3,438	664	4.7	646	208	438	18	83	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	5.07
1993 Royals	SS	159	148	3,993	727	4.6	717	266	451	10	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	4.85
1994 Royals	SS	106	104	2,766	524	4.9	512	189	323	12	65	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	5.00
1995 Royals	SS	118	112	3,024	581	4.9	563	174	389	18	88	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	5.03
1996 Dodgers	SS	127	126	3,378	609	4.8	588	184	404	21	87	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	4.70
1997 Dodgers	SS	143	138	3,669	548	3.8	532	174	358	16	54	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	3.91
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
SS Totals		1,765	1,649	43,353	7,703	4.4	7,489	2,559	4,930	214	967	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	4.66
CF Totals		7	0	33	4	0.6	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.27
2B Totals		6	0	33	4	0.7	4	0	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.27
RF Totals		1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
14 Years		1,779	1,649	43,425	7,711	4.3	7,497	2,563	4,934	214	967	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	4.66

Greg Gagne Greg Gagne Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1983 Twins	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	4.5	9.0	-	-	-
1984 Twins	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
1985 Twins	10	4	.714	4	6	5	146.5	5.1	12.7	-	-	-
1986 Twins	12	10	.545	0	1	0	39.3	4.4	8.7	-	-	-
1987 Twins	6	6	.500	0	3	1	43.7	5.2	10.9	-	-	-
1988 Twins	15	7	.682	1	1	0	32.9	4.2	9.6	-	-	-
1989 Twins	11	4	.733	5	2	0	51.1	5.8	9.6	-	-	-
1990 Twins	8	8	.500	2	5	2	55.4	5.1	10.2	-	-	-
1991 Twins	11	9	.550	2	5	1	51.0	5.7	9.7	-	-	-
1992 Twins	6	7	.462	1	10	0	62.7	5.3	11.3	-	-	-
1993 Royals	10	12	.455	1	1	0	54.0	5.8	9.5	-	-	-
1994 Royals	10	17	.370	0	2	0	53.6	4.7	7.4	-	-	-
1995 Royals	3	5	.375	7	1	2	71.7	7.2	8.8	-	-	-
1996 Dodgers	4	2	.667	1	0	n/a	42.8	4.6	7.8	-	-	-
1997 Dodgers	2	5	.286	1	0	0	57.1	4.3	9.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
15 Years	108	96	.529	26	38	11	51.1	5.1	9.4	-	-	-

Greg Gagne Greg Gagne Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1983 Minnesota Twins	31	$35,000.00	-	-
1984 Minnesota Twins	31	$40,000.00	-	-
1985 Minnesota Twins	31	$60,000.00	-	-
1986 Minnesota Twins	31	$100,000.00	-	-
1987 Minnesota Twins	7	$155,000.00	-	Stats
1988 Minnesota Twins	7	$440,000.00	-	-
1989 Minnesota Twins	7	$570,000.00	-	-
1990 Minnesota Twins	7	$833,333.00	-	-
1991 Minnesota Twins	7	$1,733,333.00	-	Stats
1992 Minnesota Twins	7	$1,933,334.00	-	-
1993 Kansas City Royals	7	$3,366,667.00	-	-
1994 Kansas City Royals	7	$2,966,667.00	-	n/a
1995 Kansas City Royals	7	$4,366,667.00	-	-
1996 Los Angeles Dodgers	7	$2,600,000.00	-	-
1997 Los Angeles Dodgers	7	$3,000,000.00	-	-
Greg Gagne Stats by Baseball Almanac

Greg Gagne, who was originally drafted in the fifth round of the 1979 First-Year Player Draft by the New York Yankees , was traded to Minnesota in April of 1982 and debuted with the Twins the following season. The 15-year veteran played 10 seasons with the Twins (1983-1992) and became the Twins everyday shortstop in 1985. Gagne appeared in 1,140 games for the Twins , while posting a .980 career fielding percentage as the Twins shortstop. The Massachusetts native was a member of both 1987 and 1991 World Championship teams and did not commit an error in 37 total chances during the seven-game series vs. Atlanta in the 1991 World Series . In Game 1 of that series Gagne helped guide the Twins to a 5-2 victory with a three-run home run in the fifth inning off Braves starter Charlie Leibrandt .

In 2010, the Minnesota Twins inducted Greg Gagne into the Twins Hall of Fame, the 22nd member, joining the inaugural class of 2000, Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek , Kirby Puckett and Calvin Griffith; and these additional inductees Jim Kaat (2001), broadcaster Herb Carneal (2001), pitcher Bert Blyleven (2002), former manager Tom Kelly (2002), long-time public address announcer Bob Casey (2003), outfielder Bob Allison (2003), catcher Earl Battey (2004), pitcher Frank Viola (2005), owner Carl Pohlad (2005), shortstop Zoilo Versalles (2006), third baseman Gary Gaetti (2007), Farm Director Jim Rantz (2007), pitcher Rick Aguilera (2008), pitcher Brad Radke (2009) and Farm and Scouting Director George Brophy (2009).

Did you know that when Greg Gagne hit two inside the park home runs, in the same game, on October 4, 1986 , he tied the American League record for most inside the park home runs in a game ? See the 17 who did it before Gagne in the Inside The Park Home Run Record book.

In 2009, Greg Gagne was named shortstop of the Twins All-Metrodome Team commemorating the Twins era from 1982-2009, where they wrote, "shortstop on both 1987 and 1991 World Championship teams...did not commit an error in 12 postseason games at the Metrodome."